Hippocrene

Hippocrēnē, ēs, f., = Ἱπποκρήνη,

• a fountain near Mount Helicon, sacred to the Muses, and which is fabled to have been produced by a stroke of Pegasus's hoof, Ov. F. 5, 7; Sol. 7 med. (in Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 10: fons Pindaricus, and in Pers. prol. 1: fons caballinus).—
• II Derivv.
• • A Hippocrē-naeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hippocrene: fontes, Auct. de Laud. Herc. 5.—
  • B Hippocrēnĭdes, um, f., the Muses so named from the Hippocrene, Serv. Verg. E. 7, 21.

Hippocrēnē, ēs, f. (ἵππου κρήνη), Roßquelle, eine Quelle am Helikon, die das Musenpferd Pegasus mit dem Hufe geschlagen haben soll (Pers. prol. 1. scherzh. durch fons caballinus übersetzt), Ov. fast. 5, 7.

Hippŏcrēnē, (16) ēs, f. (Ἵππου κρήνη), Hippocrène [source de lʼHélicon que Pégase fit jaillir en frappant la terre] : Ov. F. 5, 7 || -nĭdes, um, f. , les Muses [à qui Hippocrène était consacrée] : Serv. B. 7, 21.

hippocrene, es. f.
學女神之泉名。

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Hippocrēné

(Ἱπποκρήνη or Ἱππουκρήνη, “the fountain of the steed”). The fount of the Muses, which was struck out of Mount Helicon, in Boeotia, by the hoof of the winged steed Pegasus. See Musae; Pegasus.

Hippocrene Hippocrene, fountain at Troezen

• Paus. 2.31.9
• another fountain on Mount Helicon: Paus. 9.31.3